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Position Reconstruction in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search Experiment

In the DEAP-3600 dark matter search experiment, precise reconstruction of the positions of scattering events in liquid argon is key for background rejection and defining a fiducial volume that enhances dark matter candidate events…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-13 The DEAP Collaboration , P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , M. Alpízar-Venegas , P. -A. Amaudruz , J. Anstey , G. R. Araujo , D. J. Auty , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , H. Benmansour , M. A. Bigentini , C. E. Bina , J. Bonatt , W. M. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , M. Chen , Y. Chen , S. Choudhary , B. T. Cleveland , J. M. Corning , R. Crampton , D. Cranshaw , S. Daugherty , P. DelGobbo , K. Dering , P. Di Stefano , J. DiGioseffo , G. Dolganov , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , E. Ellingwood , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , D. Gahan , D. Gallacher , A. Garai , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , A. Giménez-Alcázar , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , S. Haskins , C. Hearns , J. Hu , J. Hucker , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , A. Joy , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , M. Khoshraftar Yazdi , M. Kuźniak , F. La Zia , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , A. Leonhardt , J. LePage-Bourbonnais , N. Levashko , J. Lidgard , T. Lindner , M. Lissia , J. Lock , L. Luzzi , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. Maru , J. Mason , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , L. Mirasola , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , A. Murray , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , G. Oliviéro , M. Olszewski , C. Ouellet , S. Pal , D. Papi , B. Park , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , M. Perry , V. Pesudo , E. Picciau , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , F. Rad , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , I. Rodríguez García , L. Roszkowski , J. B. Ruhland , R. Santorelli , F. G. Schuckman , N. Seeburn , S. Seth , V. Shalamova , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , T. Smirnova , N. J. T. Smith , B. Smith , K. Sobotkiewich , T. Sonley , J. Sosiak , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , G. Stanic , C. Stone , V. Strickland , M. Stringer , B. Sur , J. Tang , R. Turcotte-Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , B. Vyas , M. Walczak , J. Walding , M. Waqar , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , R. Wormington , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search

The DEAP-3600 experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Ontario. It is a single-phase detector that searches for dark matter particle interactions within a 1000-kg fiducial mass target of liquid argon. A first generation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-02 DEAP Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , J. Bonatt , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , A. Butcher , B. Cai , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , F. Duncan , T. Flower , R. Ford , P. Giampa , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , E. Guliyev , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. Harvey , C. J. Jillings , M. Kuźniak , I. Lawson , O. Li , P. Liimatainen , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , J. Monroe , A. Muir , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , C. Ouellet , K. Palladino , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pollmann , W. Rau , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , J. Walding , M. Ward

In-situ Surface Contamination Removal and Cool-down Process of the DEAP-3600 Experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment is a single-phase detector that uses 3600 Kg of liquid argon to search for Dark Matter at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada, 6800 ft. underground. The projected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-19 P. Giampa

Updates on the DEAP-3600 experiment and steps towards the ARGO experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment, with an approximately 3.3 tonne liquid argon (LAr) target, is currently the world's largest single-phase LAr dark matter detector. It is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, Canada, one of the most radiopure…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-31 Susnata Seth

DEAP-3600 dark matter experiment

DEAP-3600 is a single phase liquid argon (LAr) dark matter experiment, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Canada. The detector has 1 tonne fiducial mass of LAr. The target sensitivity to spin-independent scattering of 100 GeV…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-27 Nasim Fatemighomi

Search for dark matter with a 231-day exposure of liquid argon using DEAP-3600 at SNOLAB

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment, operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). The detector consists of 3279 kg of LAr contained in a spherical acrylic vessel. This paper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 R. Ajaj , P. -A. Amaudruz , G. R. Araujo , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , J. Bonatt , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Cavuoti , M. Chen , Y. Chen , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , D. Gallacher , E. A. Garcés , S. Garg , P. Giampa , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , A. Joy , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , I. Kochanek , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , X. Li , J. Lidgard , T. Lindner , O. Litvinov , J. Lock , G. Longo , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , J. Walding , M. Waqar , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

The DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment uses 3.6 tons of liquid argon for a sensitive dark matter search, with a sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section of $10^{-46}$ cm$^2$ at 100 GeV WIMP mass. This high sensitivity is achievable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Bei Cai

Status of the DEAP-3600 experiment

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) dark matter detector, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada, which started taking data in 2016. The detector is sensitive to nuclear recoils induced by scattering of dark matter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-24 Marcin Kuźniak

First results from the DEAP-3600 dark matter search with argon at SNOLAB

This paper reports the first results of a direct dark matter search with the DEAP-3600 single-phase liquid argon (LAr) detector. The experiment was performed 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada) utilizing a large target mass, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-21 3600 Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , D. Bishop , J. Bonatt , G. Boorman , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , T. Bromwich , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Chan , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , S. Dittmeier , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , R. Gornea , E. Grace , K. Graham , E. Gulyev , R. Hakobyan , A. Hall , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , A. Kemp , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , J. J. Lidgard , C. Lim , T. Lindner , Y. Linn , S. Liu , P. Majewski , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , S. Mead , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , A. Muir , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ohlmann , K. Olchanski , K. S. Olsen , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , W. Rau , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , B. Shaw , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , J. Taylor , L. Veloce , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , E. Woolsey , J. Zielinski

Development and characterization of a slow wavelength shifting coating for background rejection in liquid argon detectors

We describe a technique, applicable to liquid-argon-based dark matter detectors, allowing for discrimination of alpha-decays in detector regions with incomplete light collection from nuclear-recoil-like events. Nuclear recoils and alpha…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-18 D. Gallacher , A. Leonhardt , H. Benmansour , E. Ellingwood , Q. Hars , M. Kuźniak , J. Anstey , B. Bondzior , M. G. Boulay , B. Cai , P. J. Dereń , P. C. F. Di Stefano , S. Garg , J. Mason , T. R. Pollmann , P. Skensved , V. Strickland , M. Stringer

Radon backgrounds in the DEAP-1 liquid-argon-based Dark Matter detector

The DEAP-1 \SI{7}{kg} single phase liquid argon scintillation detector was operated underground at SNOLAB in order to test the techniques and measure the backgrounds inherent to single phase detection, in support of the \mbox{DEAP-3600}…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-03 P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , K. Boudjemline , M. G. Boulay B. Cai T. Caldwell , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , D. Contreras , K. Dering , F. Duncan , R. Ford , R. Gagnon F. Giuliani , M. Gold V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , R. Hakobyan , A. L. Hallin , P. Harvey , C. Hearns , C. J. Jillings , M. Kuźniak , I. Lawson , O. Li , J. Lidgard , P. Liimatainen , W. H. Lippincott , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , D. McKinsey , A. Muir , C. Nantais , K. Nicolics , J. Nikkel , T. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , K. S. Olsen , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , T. Pollmann , W. Rau , F. Retiere , M. Ronquest , P. Skensved , T. Sonley , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , M. Ward

Recent results from DEAP-3600

DEAP-3600 is the largest running dark matter detector filled with liquid argon, set at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Canada, 2 km underground. The experiment holds the most stringent exclusion limit in argon for WIMPs above 20 GeV/c$^2$. In the most…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-01 Michela Lai

Analysis of alpha backgrounds in the DEAP-1 detector

DEAP-1 is a 7 kg liquid argon dark matter detector used to prototype the tonne scale DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB.We present an analysis of the alpha particle backgrounds in DEAP-1 and isolate the radiations from various 222Rn daughters at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-06-02 Kevin S. Olsen

Study of the energy calibration of the DEAP-3600 detector using $^{22}\mathrm{Na}$ source data and simulations

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). The detector consists of 3.3 tons of LAr contained in a spherical acrylic vessel. At a WIMP mass…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-12 Ludovico Luzzi

DEAP-3600 Recent Dark Matter Results

The DEAP-3600 experiment is searching for WIMP dark matter with a 3.3 tonne single phase liquid argon (LAr) target, located at SNOLAB. The construction and filling of DEAP-3600 was completed in 2016, and the experiment is currently taking…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-12-13 B. Lehnert

Precision Measurement of the Specific Activity of $^{39}$Ar in Atmospheric Argon with the DEAP-3600 Detector

The specific activity of the beta decay of $^{39}$Ar in atmospheric argon is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector. DEAP-3600, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, uses a total of (3269 $\pm$ 24) kg of liquid argon distilled from the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-12 P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , M. Alpízar-Venegas , P. -A. Amaudruz , J. Anstey , G. R. Araujo , D. J. Auty , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , H. Benmansour , C. E. Bina , J. Bonatt , W. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , M. Chen , Y. Chen , S. Choudhary , B. T. Cleveland , J. M. Corning , R. Crampton , D. Cranshaw , S. Daughtery , P. DelGobbo , K. Dering , P. Di Stefano , J. DiGioseffo , G. Dolganov , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , E. Ellingwood , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , D. Gallacher , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , A. Giménez-Alcázar , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , S. Haskins , C. Hearns , J. Hu , J. Hucker , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , A. Joy , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , M. Kuźniak , F. La Zia , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , A. Leonhardt , J. LePage-Bourbonnais , N. Levashko , J. Lidgard , T. Lindner , M. Lissia , J. Lock , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. Maru , J. Mason , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , L. Mirasola , J. Monroe , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , G. Oliviéro , C. Ouellet , S. Pal , D. Papi , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , M. Perry , V. Pesudo , E. Picciau , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , F. Rad , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , I. Rodríguez García , L. Roszkowski , J. B. Ruhland , R. Santorelli , F. G. Schuckman , N. Seeburn , S. Seth , V. Shalamova , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , N. J. T. Smith , B. Smith , K. Sobotkiewich , T. Sonley , J. Sosiak , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , M. Stringer , B. Sur , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , B. Vyas , M. Walczak , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

Backgrounds in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment, located at SNOLAB, is searching for dark matter with a single phase liquid argon (LAr) target. For a background-free exposure of 3000 kg$\cdot$yr, the projected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-17 B. Lehnert

Dark Matter Search with the DEAP-3600 Detector using the Profile Likelihood Ratio Method

We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the Profile Likelihood Ratio method. The likelihood model is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-17 DEAP Collaboration , P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , M. Alpízar-Venegas , P. -A. Amaudruz , J. Anstey , D. J. Auty , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , A. Bigentini , C. E. Bina , W. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , Y. Chen , S. Choudhary , B. T. Cleveland , R. Crampton , S. Daugherty , P. DelGobbo , P. Di Stefano , G. Dolganov , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , E. Ellingwood , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , R. J. Ford , D. Gahan , D. Gallacher , A. Garai , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , A. Giménez-Alcázar , D. Goeldi , P. Gorel , K. Graham , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , S. Haskins , J. Hu , J. Hucker , D. Huff , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , A. Joy , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , M. Khoshraftar Yazdi , M. Kuźniak , F. La Zia , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , J. LePage-Bourbonnais , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. Maru , J. Mason , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , J. B. McLaughlin , C. Mielnichuk , L. Mirasola , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , A. Murray , M. Needs , C. Ng , G. Oliviéro , M. Olszewski , S. Pal , D. Papi , B. Park , M. Perry , V. Pesudo , T. R. Pollmann , F. Rad , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , I. Rodríguez García , L. Roszkowski , R. Santorelli , F. G. Schuckman , N. Seeburn , S. Seth , V. Shalamova , P. Skensved , T. Smirnova , N. J. T. Smith , K. Sobotkiewich , T. Sonley , J. Sosiak , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , M. Stringer , J. Tang , P. Taylor , R. Turcotte-Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , G. Vera Díaz , S. Viel , B. Vyas , M. Walczak , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , R. Wormington , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

Application of the TPB Wavelength Shifter to the DEAP-3600 Spherical Acrylic Vessel Inner Surface

DEAP-3600 uses liquid argon contained in a spherical acrylic vessel as a target medium to perform a sensitive spin-independent dark matter search. Argon scintillates in the vacuum ultraviolet spectrum, which requires wavelength shifting to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-20 B. Broerman , M. G. Boulay , B. Cai , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , S. Florian , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , C. Gilmour , C. Hearns , J. Kezwer , M. Kuźniak , T. Pollmann , M. Ward

DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search at SNOLAB

The DEAP-3600 detector, currently under construction at SNOLAB, has been designed to achieve extremely low background rates from all sources, including 39Ar beta decays, neutron scatters (from internal and external sources), surface alpha…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. G. Boulay